Tag renewal coming up, over here we need bike inspections for the DMV. I had a dentist appointment, done by about 2:30 PM, so off to the Harley dealer for bike inspections.
Get there with the Harley, I'm told it's about $13.80 to pull the bike into the shop and I can pay when they finish bike number 3.
Mechanic checks lights, brakes goes to the computer, puts in the data and hands me a paper. So I tell him thanks will be back in a minute.
This time I come back on the Husky, there are only a few in NC. The shop has a grey gravel pavement leading into the entrance. So I broadside around the corner gravel flying and into the shop. Everyone laughs and come over to look at the bike. Mechanic checks lights, but nothing works, because if a Husky motor is not running, nothing works. So I help the mechanic and we enter the stuff into the computer. Hands me another piece of paper and I tell him thanks, I will be back in a minute.
Round number 3, I arrive with the Busa and pull into the shop. Got a few dirty looks from some Harley guys parked in front of the showroom, but who cares right? This time the mechanic tells me he is not even going to check anything, because he knows I take care of my bikes. So while he is punching stuff into the computer, there are four mechanics and a new Harley owner admiring the ape hangers they just fitted on a new Soft Tail. I walk over and my inspection mechanic comes over as well, asking me which of my bikes I like most. Naturally I tell him there is nothing that compares or comes close to a Busa. The other mechanics comment that I sure do not look like a Harley dude and we all smile. So, I ask the apehanger owner what's up with his apes and he tells me he is too fat and his gutt gets in the way with normal bars and we all laugh. I ask if he thinks he can do long distance touring and be comfortable with his hands up in the sky? The mechanics comment and say they wonder about the same thing? Then the apehanger owner asks me if I think I can eat a V-Rod with my Busa. I commented that I'm not sure that I would need more than second gear, but any doubt third gear is all I need to kill a V-Rod. So the one mechanic says. "If he put apehangers on them rice rocket there, he will be blown off in first gear, cause them Busas do more than 100 mph in first gear." We all had a laugh, I went back to the front to pay my bill and new tags are on their way.
One thing I can say though, is I know all the folks at the Harley dealer and I wish Suzuki had dealerships who are that helpful and friendly. They sure know how to run a dealership, while Suzuki don't seem to bother.
Get there with the Harley, I'm told it's about $13.80 to pull the bike into the shop and I can pay when they finish bike number 3.
Mechanic checks lights, brakes goes to the computer, puts in the data and hands me a paper. So I tell him thanks will be back in a minute.
This time I come back on the Husky, there are only a few in NC. The shop has a grey gravel pavement leading into the entrance. So I broadside around the corner gravel flying and into the shop. Everyone laughs and come over to look at the bike. Mechanic checks lights, but nothing works, because if a Husky motor is not running, nothing works. So I help the mechanic and we enter the stuff into the computer. Hands me another piece of paper and I tell him thanks, I will be back in a minute.
Round number 3, I arrive with the Busa and pull into the shop. Got a few dirty looks from some Harley guys parked in front of the showroom, but who cares right? This time the mechanic tells me he is not even going to check anything, because he knows I take care of my bikes. So while he is punching stuff into the computer, there are four mechanics and a new Harley owner admiring the ape hangers they just fitted on a new Soft Tail. I walk over and my inspection mechanic comes over as well, asking me which of my bikes I like most. Naturally I tell him there is nothing that compares or comes close to a Busa. The other mechanics comment that I sure do not look like a Harley dude and we all smile. So, I ask the apehanger owner what's up with his apes and he tells me he is too fat and his gutt gets in the way with normal bars and we all laugh. I ask if he thinks he can do long distance touring and be comfortable with his hands up in the sky? The mechanics comment and say they wonder about the same thing? Then the apehanger owner asks me if I think I can eat a V-Rod with my Busa. I commented that I'm not sure that I would need more than second gear, but any doubt third gear is all I need to kill a V-Rod. So the one mechanic says. "If he put apehangers on them rice rocket there, he will be blown off in first gear, cause them Busas do more than 100 mph in first gear." We all had a laugh, I went back to the front to pay my bill and new tags are on their way.
One thing I can say though, is I know all the folks at the Harley dealer and I wish Suzuki had dealerships who are that helpful and friendly. They sure know how to run a dealership, while Suzuki don't seem to bother.
Sounds like a great time to me! I'll agree with your last comments...I don't enjoy ANY of the sport bike shops in my area at all. They don't even bother giving you the time of day. When I did try to get some service done under warranty from a shop I didn't buy from, oh man, what a run-a-round that was...by the end of it all, I was pretty much told 1) you don't know how to ride the Busa :wtf: 2) don't ever bother calling us 3) if you come back, you'll be ignored anyway...
